Yeah, I just found out some more. Avatar from evil3d.net posted that there was a problem with nvidia's source installs with Mandrake 8.0. He says to use the 7.2 rpms or manually edit the install script. I guess the tar.gz and src.rpm are putting the files in the wrong directory. It is wrong that they are showing up in /usr/lib and should supposedly be in /usr/X11R6/lib (which makes more sense to me). Anyway, I'll test it tonight and get back to you. I already tried linking the files, but I wonder if there's any issues with ldconfig that I haven't resolved. smpeg didn't find the files when I compiled it. Avatar also suggested that my Tcl may be out of date. I doubt that, but I'll install the latest version to be safe. --- abram olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > huh. Sounds like you got it undercontroll man. > Loki's a great company. You shouldn't have any > problems getting some help from them with smpeg. > > good luck! > > > Abe > --- Todd Flinders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, Abe: > > > > Thanks for the advice. I am using the nvidia > > drivers. > > I did rebuild them from source and I did remove > the > > conflicting mesa files. I am VERY confident that > X > > is > > loading the Nvidia driver and GLX. > > > > I definitely have the libGL files. However, they > > are > > in my /usr/lib directory. I believe smpeg is > > expecting them elsewhere (I'm not sure). I made > > links > > from /usr/X11R6/lib (where I believe the mesa > files > > were originally) to the files in /usr/lib, but > this > > did not help. > > > > I have compiled the latest SDL (1.2) and smpeg > > (4.3). > > They are optimized for i686. > > > > I have found that if I disable the movies, Shogo > > will > > work fine in OpenGL mode. It seg faults upon > exit, > > but the game is functioning. Comparing the game > to > > software mode, I have not (yet) noticed any > missing > > movies. > > > > Because of this movie issue, I am especially > > suspicious that my problem lies with smpeg and my > > nvidia GL driver. I get a message during the > smpeg > > compilation that says it is disabling OpenGL movie > > playback support. Compiling the previous 4.2 > > version > > gave me an error that it couldn't find GL or GLU. > > This is why I think that maybe smpeg is expecting > my > > files in a location other than where nvidia > > installed > > them. > > > > I intend to write Loki (they made smpeg) tonight > > with > > the details and hopefully they will have time to > > help > > me. I'll write back if I find more details. > > > > As an aside, I am also having issues with Sin. > Sin > > is > > made by Hyperion who also made Shogo. Well, they > > ported the games anyway. Hyperion says that my > > problems with Sin have to do with a bug in > nvidia's > > latest driver. For that they said I either had to > > go > > back to an older driver or wait for nvidia to fix > > it. > > I'm still looking into this problem. Just like > > Shogo, > > Sin works fine in Software mode (albeit ugly and a > > tad > > slow). > > > > Other games like Unreal Tournament, Quake III > Arena, > > GLTron, Tuxracer, etc all work fine with OpenGL > > support. > > > > --- abram olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Todd, I'm using my new freebsd box right now > so > > I > > > can't tell you exactly what those files are ;-) > > > > > > Do you have the NVIDIA drivers installed on your > > > system? Sounds to me like you either don't have > > > them > > > installed or they aren't installed correctly. > You > > > can > > > find them here: > > > > > > > > > http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html > > > > > > I like to download the src.rpms and build 'em > > > myself. > > > You MUST have these installed to get good 3d > > > acceleration under X with an nvidia card. > > > > > > Before you install the GLX part you should > remove > > > all > > > conflicting files of which there is a complete > > list > > > here: > > > > > > > > > http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/00q3/000811/linux_geforce-07.html > > > > > > if your using the rpms you're only interested in > > > removing the files in the list in the middle of > > the > > > page. Once that is done then you can install > the > > > NVIDIA_GLX rpm. Need I say that you should be > > doing > > > all this from the console with no X running? > > > > > > After those two are installed you need to change > a > > > few > > > things in your x server config file > > > (/etc/X11/XF86Config-4): > > > > > > under > > > Load "dbe" add > > > Load "glx" > > > > > > change > > > > > > driver "nv" to > > > driver "nvidia" and add > > > Option "NVagp" "2" (this part I'm not entirely > > sure > > > of read the readme for the nvidia drivers to be > > > sure. > > > Basically you are telling X to use the nvidia > agp > > > implementation here. > > > > > > Make sure your default color is set no higher > then > > > 24bit. Save and reboot your system. You should > > > have > > > working 3d acceleration after all that. If it > is > > > flaky (IE crashes a lot try setting it to use > > > agpgart, > > > you'll probably have to compile it into your > > kernel > > > though.) > > > > > > Good luck and feel free to write me again if you > > > have > > > more questions. Shogo is an AWESOME game. I > > can't > > > wait to have the full version. > > > > > > > > > Abe > > > > > > oh yea, smpeg and stuf too. I'm using the > version > > > that comes with mdk8.0 but I rebuilt it from > > source > > > to > > > use i686 optimizations. Gives a lot clearer > > picture > > > and uses less cpu time! > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Todd Flinders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Abe, I am using a GeForce 2 GTS like you are. > > > > However, my Shogo immediately crashes > complaing > > > > about > > > > SDL when I try to use OpenGL mode. It works > > under > > > > Software Mode, but obviously that is > > undesirable. > > > > > > > > Since Shogo is working for you, would you be > so > > > kind > > > > as to post what version of SDL and SMPEG you > are > > > > using? A listing of your relevant installed > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
